“Dartmouth is a small school with high-caliber teaching. Our classes were all taught by professors, not teaching assistants. I felt like that was a school where I could make a big splash. The opportunities would be grander and more robust for me there than at a school with 40,000 students.”

American actress, talk show host, and director

Aisha Tyler is an American actress, talk show host, and director. She is known for roles on television, including Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds from 2015, and Lana Kane in Archer. She also appeared as Mother Nature in the final two The Santa Clause films, and had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup, and Friends. Her work is best known from television and voice acting, across comedy, drama, and hosting.